I thought this was incredible http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/10/immigrants.economy/index.html Even illegal immigrants are leaving because the economy is so "bad" thoughts?
I wish Sandy was still here. Would it make her happy that they were leaving or sad that our country's economy was so pathetic that they didn't want to be here.
I just think it's almost kind of funny that they actually want to leave... meaning we don't have to do anything!
Good question, the way society is these days as compared to the 30's may not bring us a time where we see migrant workers. But who knows
??? I didn't see anything in there about being a migrant worker. Do you think teaching English in Thailand is what a migrant worker is? Migrant work is seasonal. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It is a hell of a lot cheaper to be unemployed in Mexico than it is to be unemployed in the USA. My Post office is located in an area that has about 50 Mexicans and Guatemalans standing hoping to be picked up by people looking for workers when times are good and had more like 300 standing in waiting last fall. Their numbers seem to be falling. I think many have given up seeking work by that method. Where I live in California the majority of labor hours (not dollars received) in the construction industry were done by illegal immigrants. Construction has just stopped. People are probably cutting down on yard work and house cleaners as well. The men might as well go home and see their families. The 7-11 in the neighborhood where the illegals I always see live led the nations 7-11s in beer sales. I wonder if that 7-11 had to lay off an employee do to a fall in business.
HA! So that was Bush's little covert plan to get rid of the illegals; to make the economy soooo bad that they didn't want to live here. Then as soon as they all get back across the border, BAM! Raise the economy back up and focus our efforts to keep them from coming back. Well played, dubya.
Maybe they should try China. Everything is made there. My seven year old came to me the other day and asked if we could move to China. When I asked him why... he said, "Because that's where they make everything on Earth and we wouldn't have to pay shipping taxes."
Ha! My seven year old always asks why everything is made in China. It was so funny one day this toy he got as a present literally just broke. He said what do you expect China makes cheap garbage and a lot of it is poisonous. He is starting to sound a lot like his Grandpa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! LOL
There are plenty of those. Around Hope, Arkansas (birthplace of B. Clinton) there is a migrant farmer center. I've seen plenty of the lilly white faces there. Besides, there are migrant construction workers, seasonally migrating bums, truck drivers living off their truck, etc.